Category Archives: Church

The Problem of Church Trends – Part 1 (of 3)

Posted on January 14, 2013 by me

I promise I will get back to my New Covenant Law series (and my “This I Know” series). First, however, I am posting an article in 3 parts just because I was up late thinking about an article a friend … Continue reading →

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Adam, Eve, and original sin (Augustine’s heresy)

Posted on September 2, 2011 by me

Most western Christians don’t realize that our understanding of man’s state of sinfulness — sometimes using terms like “total depravity” and “original sin” — is largely the invention of Augustine of Hippo, and that the majority of the Church at … Continue reading →

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Orthodox hell and the Scarlet Rob Bell

Posted on March 16, 2011 by me

The Eastern (Orthodox) church has been thinking about hell a lot longer than anyone else, simply because they’ve been around the longest. Yes, there were Christians before Augustine. However, very few western evangelicals (of the post-liturgical variety) care about what … Continue reading →

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Defining Worship

Posted on March 9, 2011 by me

I’ve written a little about worship in the past. As someone who’s “been around the block” with regard to worship, I have often voiced that much of what happens under the guise of worship is not really worship (and thereby … Continue reading →

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